House debates

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

  • Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
    In my electorate of Ballarat, we are home to some 17,670 residents on the age pension. That is not an unusually high or low number. With about 2½ million pensioners across Australia, it is...
  • Queensland Government (1 speech)
    The Australian government is committed to jobs and growth in Queensland. In my home state of Queensland, Labor came into office with no plan and they have proven themselves to be absolutely...
  • Asylum Seekers: Europe (1 speech)
    If any good can be drawn from the devastating images of a toddler's lifeless body being washed up on a beach in Turkey, it is that the world is finally paying attention. We are seeing the...
  • Trade with China (2 speeches)
    It is my great pleasure to rise and speak about the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. This is an incredibly important agreement not just for Corangamite, a great dairying and agricultural...
  • Lyne Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
    I rise to bring to the attention of the House that the Lyne electorate is receiving record funding under the federal coalition government. In the two years of the Abbott-Truss coalition...